2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Alabama House District 21
Alabama House of Representatives · Alabama
Jim Patterson (R) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Randy Hinshaw (D) by 3.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim PattersonRepublican · winner
51.7%6,654
Randy HinshawDemocrat · incumbent
48.2%6,201
12,872 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET